“I was full of fantasies about parenting. My biggest misconception was that I could do it perfectly. But it’s designed to challenge you. No matter what you’ve done in your life, you’ll be a beginner when you have a child.

“I didn’t understand that. You’re constantly presented with things that there’s no way to be great at, because she changes all the time, and I’m constantly at that beginning stage again. I’ve never been good at that. It’s great for me to keep facing that over and over again.”